Post by addisona on Feb 13, 2022 13:37:55 GMT
Area rep shares personal story to back constitutional amendment on abortion rights
N.H. Rep. Amanda Elizabeth Toll of Keene spoke about her own abortion as she argued Thursday in favor of a proposed constitutional amendment supporting people’s right to make their own reproductive medical decisions.
The House Judiciary Committee took testimony on CACR 18, which would add a passage to the N.H. Constitution:
“The right to make personal reproductive medical decisions is inviolate and fundamental to the human condition. Neither the State nor any political subdivision shall infringe upon or unduly inconvenience this right.”
Toll, a Democrat and prime sponsor of CACR 18, said that as a pregnant teenager she learned of a state law requiring parents to be notified before a minor gets an abortion.
“Even though my parents are pro-choice, I found it deeply unjust that my parents would not need to be involved in the decision to give birth, yet would have to be involved in my decision to terminate a pregnancy,” she told the committee.
www.sentinelsource.com/news/local/area-rep-shares-personal-story-to-back-constitutional-amendment-on-abortion-rights/article_8ce9aa5e-e313-5796-90fe-25e7f85847e1.html
N.H. Rep. Amanda Elizabeth Toll of Keene spoke about her own abortion as she argued Thursday in favor of a proposed constitutional amendment supporting people’s right to make their own reproductive medical decisions.
The House Judiciary Committee took testimony on CACR 18, which would add a passage to the N.H. Constitution:
“The right to make personal reproductive medical decisions is inviolate and fundamental to the human condition. Neither the State nor any political subdivision shall infringe upon or unduly inconvenience this right.”
Toll, a Democrat and prime sponsor of CACR 18, said that as a pregnant teenager she learned of a state law requiring parents to be notified before a minor gets an abortion.
“Even though my parents are pro-choice, I found it deeply unjust that my parents would not need to be involved in the decision to give birth, yet would have to be involved in my decision to terminate a pregnancy,” she told the committee.
www.sentinelsource.com/news/local/area-rep-shares-personal-story-to-back-constitutional-amendment-on-abortion-rights/article_8ce9aa5e-e313-5796-90fe-25e7f85847e1.html